Show Perpetual tu I Motion Soon after the Civil war there was great greut public Interest t In perpetual motion motion mo tion that is Is a n machine which would keep kerp perpetually In motion without outside en energy erg Scientific bodies took up the question and pointed out for forthe forthe the benefit of Investors In and others that such motion was nn an Impossibility It was likened to a man lifting himself f by his own bootstraps Jud Judging the Interest of the people pl by the number of patent applications on such machines machines ma ma- chines the conclusion that none of ot them will work or can work seems not to be bo generally acce accepted ted |